Lubricating-pad.



PATENTED 0011.22, i907.

0. W. SEVBRNS. LUBRIGATING PAD.

APPLICATION Hmm 1120.31. 190e.

1H: Noknls Perils co., wAsHlNcraN, D. c4

OTIS W. SEVERNS, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

LUB RICATING-PAD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Octr 22, 1907.

Application filed December 31,1906. Serial No. 350,242.

To all whom it may comrrn:

Be it linown that I, Oris W. SEvnRNs, a citizen of the United States, residing :it Centr-alia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricating-Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lubricating pads for sad irons and it has for its object to provide a pad having a base of lubricating material into which is embedded finely comminuted polishing or cleaning material and finely comminuted material to afford a solid body portion and add rigidity to the pad, the lubricating material serving as a binder for the comminuted particles.

The invention is designed to simultaneously clean the iron by cutting extraneous matter from its surface, and to apply lubricant thereto. i

The invention is further designed to provide a lubricating pad of such consistency as to prevent the wax being fed, under the influence of the heat, to the iron in too great quantities.

The details of construction will appear in the course ol the following description in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, like characters of reference designating similar parts throughout the several views, wherein,

Figure l, is a perspective view of a lubricating pad constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 isa cross sectional View thereof.

ln the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a block l of lubritating and cleaning material, which is inclosed by a snugly fitting wrapper 2 of fine cloth or other suitable porous material. The block l is composed in the preferred form of the invention of the following ingredients: cleaning material which may be line emery dust, powdered silica or other similar substance, lubricating or polishing material such as re `fined paraffin wax, beeswax or other similar lubricator and wood dust to afford a body and to add solidity or rigidity to the block. This wood dust is an essential and very important ingredient in addition to the emery dust and lubricating material, and to obtain the best results, it is preferred to employ fine kiln dried hickory dust. together under heat. They are then placed in suitably constructed molds under very heavy pressure, the resultant product being a hard block. The wood dust These materials are thoroughly mixed l entering into the composition forms by far the greater part ofthe solid matteiI of the block and must be added to the composition in large percentages, for without a large percentage of wood dust the block would crumble. As constructed its life is lengthened materially.

It has been demonstrated by actual experiment that a block constructed as above set forth will retain its molded shape and eflcientlyserve its functions until the lubricating material is thoroughly exhausted therefrom.

If desired the block may be perfumed. This result is attained by incorporating in the mixture a desirable scented oil, such as oil of lavender which is of course admixed with the other ingredients before the block is molded.

In practical use when the hot iron is rubbed upon this block, the lubricant at the surface is melted and by capillary attraction passes through the wrapper in just sufficient quantities to lubricate the iron. This lubricant of course carries with it some of the finely comminuted particles of cleaning or surfacing material embedded in the bloclgwhich have become loosened therefrom under heat, and in the rubbing action of the -iron over the surface of the block, these particles serve to cut from the surface of the iron any extraneous matter or particles adhering thereto. In continued use the lubricant and the embedded cleaning particles, are drawn from the block in just the quantities needed for the functions contemplated.

It will be readily apparent from the foregoing description that a block constructed to feed its material in the manner above described will be exceedingly durable. The comminuted material will not scratch the face of the iron, but will remove therefrom any rust7 starch, or any other material adhering thereto.

The block may be manufactured at very small eX- pense.

Having fully described my invention I claim:

A lubricating pad comprising a solidified lubricating material of Wax and Iine kiln-dried hickory dust having comminuted cleaning particles of emery dust embedded therein and an inclosing Wrapper of porous textile inaterial, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTIS W. SEVERNS.

Witnesses:

FRANK S. CLARKE, GEO. R. KNIGHT. 

